ID: 25865
User updated by: php dot net at b-a-l-u dot de
Reported By: php dot net at b-a-l-u dot de
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Documentation problem
Operating System: Linux
PHP Version: Irrelevant
New Comment:
As I said in my opening message the documentation says
"When querying boolean values: A boolean ini value of off
will be returned as an empty string while a boolean ini
value of on will be returned as "1". "
So it IS a documentation problem if PHP<5 returns "" or 0
depending on where it got set.
I'd expect at least a warning like
PHP versions before PHP5 return an empty string or 0 to
specify a boolean value of false. The best way to test the
return value is to cast it - e.g.
$register_globals = (bool) ini_get('register_gobals');
Balu
Previous Comments:
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[2004-07-08 13:33:52] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's a doc problem, at least!
Did you read my message on internals? (which nobody answered till now)
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-dev&m=108922680605154&w=2
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[2004-07-08 08:57:21] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not a bug, nor a doc problem. It depends on where the option is set to
return an empty string or 0.
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[2004-07-07 20:54:54] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re-open this.
reference: http://news.php.net/php.doc/969361748
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[2004-07-07 18:48:56] a-konovalenko at yandex dot ru
This is not bogus! I can reproduce it when the option comes from the
.htaccess file (set with php_flag). ini_get() returns "0" instead of ""
for the options that are off.
I'm using PHP 4.3.4 under Apache 1.3.31.
(Even if this is fixed in the latest version of PHP, the documentation
should be updated for the older ones.)
P.S. Will my comment reopen this bug automatically or should I do
something special?
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[2003-10-14 12:38:32] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# php -r "var_dump(ini_get('register_globals'));"
string(0) ""
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